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	<description>- What They Didn't Teach You At School!</description>
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		<title>Glossary Test</title>
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		<title>Tip 2: Your Fans Are Not Brand Loyal To These Networking Sites</title>
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If you are looking at doing music for the long term then don&#8217;t get too attached to these sites that are out now. It was only 6 years ago everyone was on Friendstar &#38; Hi5. 3 Years ago MySpace was killing it and now its all about Facebook &#38; Twitter. Will these sites be the main &#8220;hang out&#8221; for your fans in 3 years time? Honestly, I dont know but history shows that your fans will be on the next &#8220;cool&#8221; site by then.

Will people still want to engage with ...]]></description>
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		<title>Tip 1: How To Get Your Music Video On The Homepage Of Large Websites For Free</title>
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Do you ever look at some popular websites and think I wish I had the money to get my video on the home page or in highly trafficed places? Well I will let you into a little secret if you didn&#8217;t know&#8230;..A lot of those places are not paid for. Some sites may have a deal in place between the label but a LOT are the preference of 1 person or a team of people.  These are usually the Content Producers aka the new DJ you need to target.

A very ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theworstkeptsecret.com/2010/05/tip-1-how-to-get-your-music-video-on-the-homepage-of-large-websites-for-free/</link>
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		<title>101 Tips &amp; Secrets For An Artist To Utilise Social Media (Series)</title>
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We at The Worst Kept Secret are always looking at new ways and ideas of helping musicians improve their chances of turning their dreams into reality. Its no secret that without a strong online presence you will struggle so we are going to offer 101 ways/tips/secrets on how you can help improve your internet game. We are going to try (lol) and offer new tips every other day and will be using our experience and network within the music industry to help you.
Also if you haven&#8217;t already please read our ...]]></description>
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		<title>Spotify Launches Next Generation Music Platform</title>
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Today, Spotify announces a major evolution of its service. We caught up with our friend and head of Spotify Legal, James Duffet-Smith, who gave us the exclusive:
&#8220;In what marks our most significant upgrade since Spotify’s launch in late 2008, we’re introducing a wide range of exclusive new features that will not only allow our users to discover, share and manage music more effectively, but make the overall Spotify experience more enjoyable and expansive.
We&#8217;ve all been working very hard on this. It&#8217;s a major release for us and integrating social features ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theworstkeptsecret.com/2010/04/spotify-launches-next-generation-music-platform/</link>
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		<title>Registering Your MTV Crib Name</title>
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If you have read our Free E-Book ‘The 10 Commandments of Music and Social Media’, you will be aware that the first chapter is entitled; Get Your MTV Crib.
Your MTV Crib is your website, your blog, your home; it is the place that you send your core audience to and the place that if you understand how to influence your audience; it is where you can entertain them to buy into your brand.
The first step to becoming an online brand, is giving your website a vanity url name, also known ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theworstkeptsecret.com/2010/04/registering-your-mtv-crib-name/</link>
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		<title>Social Media/Music News (20th &#8211; 26th Mar &#8217;10)</title>
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The News of the Week
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New indie music TV station &#8216;LAVA&#8217; is set to launch on SKY channel 378 from March 29th Music News


Mushroom TV


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New figures show that the impact of piracy on the British music business is uncovered in new figures that show nearly 10,000 jobs could be lost in the industry by 2015 iStockAnalyst
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A newly created &#8220;trust mark&#8221; is going to be utilised for Music services such as iTunes, MySpace Music, Tesco, Spotify, HMV and Rough Trade which will highlight licensed music download and streaming sites Arstechnica
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Google stops censoring much (Press Release), but not all (Guardian), of ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theworstkeptsecret.com/2010/03/social-mediamusic-news-20th-26th-mar-10/</link>
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		<title>Social Media News (13th &#8211; 19th Mar &#8217;10)</title>
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The top news stories of the week

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It is estimated that Net Piracy has caused the media industries to lose £10 billion pounds in 2008. Not only money will be a losing factor, as in the future a quarter of a million British jobs could be at risk. Guardian
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The music labels love the idea of bringing people&#8217;s music collections into the cloud, meaning in web spaced storage, particularly because it might make consumers excited about buying music again NY Times
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Apple is estimated to have sold 120,000 iPads when it opened pre-orders on ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theworstkeptsecret.com/2010/03/social-media-news-13th-19th-mar-10/</link>
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		<title>Illegal Downloading: The Gift Or The Curse Of The Music Industry</title>
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I just watched a very interesting Panorama special on the BBC about Internet music sharing.

It talked about a proposed new law that is threatening to disconnect the millions of internet users who unlawfully download free music, films and TV. Jo Whiley looked at how broadband use at home may never be the same, and could even be cut off. It left me thinking is Illegal downloading the Gift or the Curse for the music industry?

Some interesting facts on why it is a curse:
- Record Industry claims to be losing £200m ...]]></description>
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		<title>Music/Social Media News (6th -12th Mar &#8217;10)</title>
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The Top News of the Week:

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BBC digital chief Erik Huggers announces plans, in an interview, to scrap 200 of the BBC&#8217;s websites, with the promise of more quality and less quantity. Guardian
And you can find the Original Guardian announcement here Huggers promises BBC cuts will leave &#8216;greater space for others&#8217;
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Pink Floyd have won a legal battle against EMI, meaning that their album tracks will no longer be sold individually online. BBC
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The BBC is set to begin reinventing its digital radio offering around brand extensions of its main five radio networks after the proposed ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theworstkeptsecret.com/2010/03/musicsocial-media-news-6th-12th-mar-10/</link>
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